Raleigh is ending its red-light camera program after two decades of operation. The News and Observer has the story here. Red-light camera programs across North Carolina have steadily folded following court rulings that their funding model (in which the camera vendor is paid more than 10 percent of the net proceeds of fines) runs afoul…
Victor Thorne is a rising junior at Grinnell College and a FIRE Summer Intern. In recent years, the transgender community has gained a reputation for championing cancel culture. Unfortunately, this is largely true. In FIRE’s 2024 College Free Speech Rankings, a sample of 454 students who identified as nonbinary overwhelmingly reported support for illiberal protest tactics. (The survey…
10 May 2024 Morris James LLP To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. In re Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores, Inc. S’holder Litig., C.A. No. 2019-0798-JTL (Del. Ch. Jan. 24, 2024) Here, a special committee of the board supported a plan to …
OPINION ANALYSIS By Amy Howe on Jun 28, 2024 at 1:11 pm The court ruled in Fischer v. United States on Friday, striking a key charge that has been used in hundreds of prosecutions of defendants who entered the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, attacks. (Wally Gobetz via Flickr) The Supreme Court on…
Many students are still unable to acquire a STEM degree because the pipeline from high school to a degree in STEM remains inequitable and inaccessible. A National Science Board report found that high school science and math performance is not equally distributed across the country, with vast differences in performance based on race, ethnicity and…
National Nonprofit Day is coming up on August 17th and it’s a great opportunity to engage your organization’s supporters, including donors and volunteers, and show them how much you value their support. It’s also a chance to inspire them to make a donation or spread the word about your mission and impact. What is National…
Home Daily News Teen on field trip ends up in handcuffs and… Juvenile Justice Teen on field trip ends up in handcuffs and jail garb because judge didn’t want to be ‘played with’ By Debra Cassens Weiss August 15, 2024, 10:28 am CDT A teenager sleeping during a field trip to a Detroit courtroom got…
Published: 8/27/2024 Reading Time: 3 minutes The textbook “Policing in the U.S. Past, Present, and Future” takes a fresh look at contemporary policing issues. The book examines police topics while adding perspective and context and expanding the typical sound-bite explanations of interactions between the police and the community. Written from a social justice perspective, this…
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to analysis by Fairfax Associates, by what percentage has the total gross revenue of the Am Law 100 grown from 2002 to 2022? Hint: The 2022 total gross revenue for the top 100 firms was $130,838,161,000. See the answer on the next…
(Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Donald Trump, the likely Republican nominee for president in the upcoming election, is facing a number of civil and criminal lawsuits containing a variety of claims. His legal fees are likely to be yuge but they may reduce his tax bill to his usual $750. So let’s look at the…